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BCG vaccination for new entrants from high-incidence tuberculosis (TB) areas

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Offer BCG vaccination to new entrants who are Mantoux- or interferon-gamma release assay-negative who:

  • are from high-incidence countries and
  • are previously unvaccinated (that is, without adequate documentation or a BCG scar) and
  • are aged:
    • younger than 16 years or 16-35 years from sub-Saharan Africa or
    • a country with a TB incidence of 500 per 100,000 or more

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